Improvement in milk-cans



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J. H. LESTER.

V MILK-CAN. V Na.170,094. Patented Nov.16, 1875 Wz zfizewes ZSheets-Sheet 2-.

J. H. LESTER.

MILK-CAN.

Patented-Nov.16,1875.

Jm eniw" I N PETERS. FHOTO-UTHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D G.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JOHN H. LESTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 170,094, dated N ovember 16, 1875; application filed October 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY LESTER, of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Milk-Can;

and I do declare hereby that the following is a full, clear, and exactdcsc i ption thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, and the letters of reference marked thereon, in which the same letter represents the same thing in each figure.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved can; Fig. 2, a cut section thereof.

A represents the body of the can 5 B, the

ticles will be practically motionless as units when the entire body is moved.

The operation is as follows: The can being filled with milk, connection is made by screw D on open faucet O with a pipe leading to a force-pump. Screw K in bail I is turned tightly upon lid-handle H, which forces gasket L upon the bottom of lid B tightly upon the neck of can A. Faucet E is then opened and the milk pumped into the canuntil it streams forcibly out offaucet E, when it is closed, and as much more milk forced in as possible, when faucet O is closed and the pump disconnected.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the can A, lid B, provided with the gasket, bail I, screw K, and faucets O and E, forming a vessel for the transportation of milk under pressure, substantially as described.

JOHN HENRY LESTER.

Witnesses:

-S. J. GoEDoN, JOHN W. RIPLEY. 

